The Magic of Recluce

L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

Jul 2010 · Saga of Recluce Book 1 · Sold by Tor Fantasy

About this ebook

L.E. Modesitt, Jr.'s The Magic of Recluce begins his bestselling fantasy series the Saga of Recluce, which is one of the most popular in contemporary epic fantasy.

Young Lerris yearns to find a place in the world better suited to his skills and temperament. In Recluce this means taking one of two options: permanent exile from Recluce or the dangergeld, a complex, rule-laden wanderjahr in the lands beyond. Many do not survive.

Lerris chooses dangergeld.

Lerris will need magic in the lands beyond, where the power of the Chaos Wizards reigns unchecked, and he must learn to use his powers in an orderly way before his wanderjahr, or fall prey to Chaos.

Saga of Recluce

#1 The Magic of Recluce / #2 The Towers of Sunset / #3 The Magic Engineer / #4 The Order War / #5 The Death of Chaos / #6 Fall of Angels / #7 The Chaos Balance / #8 The White Order / #9 Colors of Chaos / #10 Magi’i of Cyador / #11 Scion of Cyador / #12 Wellspring of Chaos / #13 Ordermaster / #14 Natural Order Mage / #15 Mage-Guard of Hamor / #16 Arms-Commander / #17 Cyador’s Heirs / #18 Heritage of Cyador /#19 The Mongrel Mage / #20 Outcasts of Order / #21 The Mage-Fire War (forthcoming)

Story Collection: Recluce Tales

Other Series by L.E. Modesitt, Jr.
The Imager Portfolio
The Corean Chronicles
The Spellsong Cycle
The Ghost Books
The Ecolitan Matter

At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Ratings and reviews

This entire series is predicated on "chaos magic" being evil and "order magic" being good, even when chaos magic is used towards good ends and order magic used for bad. I personally find this pretty unconvincing and not at all compelling as the main driver of the plot. Usually, no matter how bad a book series, I will see it through to the end, but the Magic of Recluce series was just so illogical and boring that I couldn't bring myself to continue after the second book.

I enjoyed the concepts that were introduced. The author's view on order and chaos was refreshing because, I believe, it is contrary to popular opinion. The only area I did not enjoy was the author's writing style. Other than that it was a solid read.

Why google, did you recommend this? It's almost painfully simplistic and old fashioned in its writing. That said, it was oddly difficult to let go.

About the author

L. E. MODESITT, JR. is the bestselling author of more than seventy novels encompassing two science fiction series, the Ghost Books and the Ecolitan Matter, and four fantasy series, the Imager Portfolio, the Saga of Recluce, the Spellsong Cycle and the Corean Chronicles. He lives in Cedar City, Utah.